Public Safety Division

If you are interested in pursuing a public safety evaluation for your candidates(s), please call Dr. Michael Fearing at 774-641-1268. Dr. Fearing aims to provide the psychological testing as soon as possible, in most cases within one week or less after being notified of candidates needing to be evaluated. It is of our understanding that both time and accuracy is "of the essence" in the field of public safety, and this is what you can come to expect of our service and collaboration with you. Dr. Fearing is also willing to help out and assist in any other ways in his capacity as a clinical psychologist. Ultimately, his goal is to be as collegial and service oriented as possible in working with your department and to provide excellence in doing so. We have a proven track record of satisfying clients from various police, fire, and public service departments.

Services and Programs

Why Choose Medical Psychology Center - Public Safety Division?

Our Place Or Yours: Evaluation Logistics

At the Medical Psychology Center, we provide psychological evaluation services and programs for the following personnel:

Police Officer candidates

Firefighter candidates

Security candidates

Corrections officer candidates

Dispatch personnel

All public safety officials

We also conduct fitness for duty evaluations

Verbal report of results in 24 hours following evaluation

Written results provided within 2 weeks following verbal confirmation

We are familiar with, and utilize civil service evaluation criteria and also meet Department of Personnel Administration Standards

We have extensive experience in psychological testing and evaluation

Experience working with over 100 police, fire, and public safety departments across Massachusetts

Driven to provide professional, courteous, and honest results

No jargon, no technical terms, and no waffling-clear hire/no hire results

We are able to provide psychological testing at our facility or at your site. If you can provide a quiet space/room, and have at least 3 candidates that require evaluation, we are willing to come to your department to conduct the evaluation. If you choose to use our facility, we are able to accommodate up to 8 candidates at a single time. Testing usually begins at 8 a.m., and concludes between 11 and noon for the candidate. Each individual evaluation is competitively priced at $400 per candidate, and this includes all services including evaluation, scoring and interpretation of test results, contact with the chief and/or department, and report writing.

Michael A. Fearing, Ph.D

Dr. Fearing received his Education and training at Assumption College and Brigham Young University,. He also completed an internship at the Boston Veteran's Administration through the Harvard Medical School and Boston University Training Consortium, as well as a combined clinical and research post-doctoral fellowship through Hebrew Rehabilitation Center and Harvard Medical School. He has extensive training and many years of service in both psychological testing and psychological evaluations. Dr. Fearing is a licensed psychologist and health care provider in Massachusetts. Email at: mfearing@mpc.care